Stephen Ward says Wolves defender Christophe Berra was unlucky to see red in the defeat at Watford.

“It wasn’t a sending off," said the Wolves skipper.

"The ref said he played advantage to give him the chance to try and score so I don’t see how that works and you can have it two ways,” he said.

“You either play the advantage or you blow up. To let him advance and get his shot in as he did and then send Christophe off is hard to take.

"It’s tough for referees and he’ll say it is the letter of the law but we are disappointed with the decision. It’s a tough one for him to make but it’s one which changed the game.

‘‘Yet again things haven’t gone our way and we’re fighting uphill battles every time we step on to the pitch.”

Ward bemoaned the set-piece defending for the second goal.

“It’s disappointing that when we did get back into it we didn’t hold on,’’ he added.

‘‘There was a bit of luck with our goal which we probably needed the way we were battling with ten men. We conceded from a set-piece which is particularly disappointing because we work very hard on those.

"It would have been a great point had we nicked it having gone down to ten men so early. But again we go away with nothing.

"But with one man less it is always hard whoever you are playing against because you have to do that extra bit of work and they can use the extra man.

“We thought last week might be a turning point given the way we stuck in there with ten men and came back from their dubious penalty with a minute to go.